This article suggests that the Michigan legislature should amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act in order to explicitly allow state and local government to amortize nonconforming property uses under limited circumstances. While the current prohibition on amortization protects individual rights and is thus...
Short-term rentals are part of Michigan’s housing ecosystem and a generations-long tradition. Any regulation of short-term rentals at the state level should start with amending the Zoning Enabling Act to protect a homeowner’s ability to rent. Regulation of nuisances, registration, and inspecti...
This article suggests that the Michigan legislature should amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act in order to explicitly allow state and local government to amortize nonconforming property uses under limited circumstances. While the current prohibition on amortization protects individual rights and is thus...
Michigan Zoning Enabling Act In the United States, municipalities’ land use authority, as codified in their zoning ordinance, regulates what types of land use are allowable in a given area, usually called a zoning district. By default, if a use is not expressly defined and permitted in a ...
Michigan Zoning Enabling Act In the United States, municipalities' land use authority, as codified in their zoning ordinance, regulates what types of land use are allowable in a given area, usually called a zoning district. By default, if a use is not expressly defined and permitted in a ...
To address groundwater challenges in the urban sector, three categories of potential activities were identified: (1) Policy and Practice: increase public interest, and lobbying, zoning, and conservation activities; encourage native vegetation in landscaping; (2) Science/information gaps/infrastructure: ...